Adriaan van Wijngaarden | |
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| Born | 2 November 1916 |
| Died | 7 February 1987 (aged 70) Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Delft University of Technology (1939) |
| Known for | ALGOL CWI IFIP Van Wijngaarden grammar |
| Awards | IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1986) |
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| Fields | Numerical mathematics Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Amsterdam Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam |
| Doctoral advisor | Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno |
| Doctoral students | Edsger W. Dijkstra Peter van Emde Boas Jaco de Bakker Reinder van de Riet Guus Zoutendijk Maarten van Emden |
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Adriaan "Aad" van Wijngaarden (2 November 1916 – 7 February 1987) was a Dutch mathematician and computer scientist. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Van Wijngaarden emphasized and promoted the mathematical aspects of computing, first in numerical analysis, then in programming languages and finally in design principles of such languages.